Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 141 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 39% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.88 on Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 17, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.12 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.24% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 216,324 acre feet

This is 167.31% of the average of 129,297 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 104,828 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 111,197 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 111,496 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 281.08% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 64.52% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.27 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.82 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.22 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
6032.88
-0.03
987,821
276
320
44.1
29.1
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
6032.91
-0.05
988,119
184
329
47.5
32.7
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
6032.96
0.00
988,616
387
325
60.8
32.9
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6032.96
0.01
988,616
386
325
55.2
28.4
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
6032.95
0.01
988,516
386
325
53.6
31.6
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
6032.94
-0.01
988,417
285
325
52.7
37.8
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
6032.95
-0.01
988,516
284
324
52.3
36.7
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
6032.96
-0.02
988,616
-3935
321
56.7
34.5
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
6032.98
-0.02
988,815
264
354
58.8
30.4
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
6033.00
-0.02
989,014
295
385
60.8
29.7
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
6033.02
-0.03
989,212
243
383
60.1
30.9
Sat, Feb 07, 2026
6033.05
-0.04
989,511
191
382
57.4
34.5
Fri, Feb 06, 2026
6033.09
-0.01
989,909
341
382
55.2
29.5
Thu, Feb 05, 2026
6033.10
-0.03
990,008
241
382
55.4
29.8
Averages of List
6032.98
-0.02
988,836
-12.3
347.3
55.0
32.0

Averages for February 18th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.48
-14.6
1,205,493
512.49
754.17
51.69
27.35
All-Time
6033.30
-0.42
1,098,251
500.45
843.56
51.69
27.35

Last 10 February 18th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Feb 18, 2025
6037.15
-4.27
1,030,971
170
382
47.9
30.5
Sun, Feb 18, 2024
6042.12
-9.24
1,083,120
251
393
50.8
35.7
Sat, Feb 18, 2023
6017.43
15.45
843,464
273
343
42.3
24.4
Fri, Feb 18, 2022
6018.40
14.48
851,974
269
340
49.0
17.0
Thu, Feb 18, 2021
6034.78
-1.90
1,057,446
1047
1403
38.0
14.0
Tue, Feb 18, 2020
6056.08
-23.20
1,298,746
290
383
58.0
22.0
Mon, Feb 18, 2019
6015.16
17.72
867,549
354
289
n/a
n/a
Sun, Feb 18, 2018
6052.00
-19.12
1,249,240
70
317
59.0
26.0
Sat, Feb 18, 2017
6058.18
-25.30
1,324,843
2153
1371
59.0
37.0
Thu, Feb 18, 2016
6063.72
-30.84
1,395,840
775
479
66.0
39.0
Averages of List
6039.49
-6.61
1,100,268
726
701
51.3
24.4


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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